Fan.



A. SAKOVITGH.

BAN. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22.1907.

PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

115. 873,460. PATENTED DEC. 10, 19074 A. SAKOVITOH. PAN. APPLICATIONFILED APR. 22,1907

2 SHEETB-SHEET 2 U STATES; PATENT OFFICE ALEXIS SAKOVITOH, OF NEW YORK,n. kssrenon TO MIcHAEI. WEI-TE, or wmmrm,

CANADA.

' subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at No.

528 East Eleventh-street, New York city, New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in fans for hand or toiletuse and the object of the invention is to provide a simple form ofrotary fanwhieh may be easily manipulated to produce a strong breeze,and which may be readily folded into compact space when not in use.

The invention is included in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Flgure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a 'lan view. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the an after folding, Fig.4 is an end View.

Referring by reference characters to these drawings, the numeral 1 desinates a block or element in which is rotatabl and slidably mounted ashaft or spindle 2 w ich carries at its outer end the fan blades asshown. To the blockon opposite sides are pivotall connected the arms-3which are normally fbrced apart by the spring 4 which is preferablyformed of Wire having divided coils 4? located on opposite sides of thespindle, the ends of the spring being inserted in openings in the arms.

A spiral spring 5 encircling the spindle has one end connected theretoand its other end connected to the block 1. A. flexible cord 6 isconnected to each arm and carried inward and wound around the spindle,and the relative arrangement of spiral spring and cord or cords is suchthat when the arms are drawn together by the grasp of the hand thespiral spring rotates the s nndle and fan in one direction, while the reaxing of the grasp upon the arms allows them to be forced apart by thespring 4 and causes the cords to unwind from the spindle and rotate itin the opposite direction against the tension of the spiral .springl Thes indle carries at its outer end a rigidl attac ed frame, preferably inthe shape 0 a ring 7, which is connected with the end of the splndle bradial arms 7' and to this ring are pivotall y connected as- )Iuralityof blade carrying arms 8. The bla e carrying arms preferably have forkedinner ends 8", the pivotal connection being efiected by passing the ringwhich is round in cross section directly through openipgs in the forkedSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 22,1907. SerialNo- 869,666.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

ends, though of course any form of pivotal connection suitable for thepurpose maybe adopted. The arms 8 are provided with upwardly turnedV-shaped outer ends 8 as.

shown and to these arms are pivotally see the reverse movement will beheld inclined,

, in the opposite direction with the result that notwithstandingalternate rotary motion, a currentof air will always be forced'in thesame direction. f

It is desirable that a device of this small compass, and in order toaccomplish this the spindle is made longitudinall movable throu h thejournal block as be ore described. g second rin charac-- .ter should becapable of being folded in a 10 is located be neath the firstring and asa collar or sleeve 11 slidingly embracing the spindle. normallyforcedaway from the first ring by It is a helical spring 12 encirclingthe spindle.

Each of the blade carryingarms is connectedto a ring 10 by a link 13.The spindle is provided with a knob 14 by which it ma be movedlongitudinally as the grasping andles are forced together until finallythe said knob engages over the ends of the handles and holds themtogether. In ,this position the blade carrying arms will then have beenswung upon the lnner ring as a pivot until they lie close together asshown in Fig. 3. The arms may be held together against accidentaldisplacement by a retaining device, such as 15. r

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A toilet or hand fan eomprisin a rotary spindle, reversible fanblades carrie thereby, hand gripped levers, and means whereby themovement of said levers to and from each other rotates said spindle inopposite d1rec-. tions, substantially as described.

me L

2. In combination, a spindle carrying elesaid spindle carrier, meanswhereby pindle rotatable we longitudinally movable t erein, hand leverspivotally connected 0 t e opening and closing of said hand leversoscillate the said spindle, fan blade carrying arms ivotally connectedwith. the spindle, and lades pivotally carried by said arms,substantially as described.

,AL In combination, a spindle carrying ele ment, a spindlejournaledtherein, a Cpair of i arms n rotally connected to said spin 1 ecarrylng element, a spring tending to force said arms apart, a flexibledevice wound upon the spindle and connected to the arms and operatingupon the separation of the arms to rotate t e spindle in one direction,a spring interposed between the spindle and s indle carrier tending torotate the spindle 1n the opposite direction, and automaticallyreversing fan blades carried byv the spindle, 'substantially asdescribed.

\ 5. In combination, a spindle carrier, 11 spindle rotatably mountedtherein, and means for rotating the spindle, a ring fixedly attached tothe spindle, fan carrying blades pivotally-connected to said ring, asecond ring movable on the spindle, and links connecting the bladecarrying, arms with said ring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXIS SAKOVITCH.

Witnesses:

:W. P. BURKE,- A. F. HEUMAN.

